Information and Communication Technologies and 

South African Higher Education

Report prepared by SAIDE for the national Council on Higher Education

The South African Institute for Distance Education

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May, 2000

TABLE OF CONTENTS 

Summary of Argument

Introduction

Background to this Report  

What are Information and Communication Technologies?

What is an Appropriate Starting Point for the Discussion?

 

Chapter 1: ICTs and Higher Education Systems

ICTs, Social Change, and Emerging Trends  

Regulatory Frameworks and Complexity

Some Practical Applications

Conclusion

 

Chapter 2: ICTs and Teaching and Learning

New Frameworks for Understanding Teaching and Learning  

What are the Applications of ICTs?

Motives for Integrating ICTs into Delivery of Higher Education

Potential Educational Pitfalls

Lessons in the Use of ICTs

 

Chapter 3: Challenges for the South African Higher Education System

Introduction

The Central Arguments

 Appendices 

Appendix 1

Educational Technologies in South Africa

 

Appendix 2

Policy and its Unintended Consequences

 

Appendix 3

Main Components of an Online Library Information Service